There are 7 ways to get from Leipzig to Cape Town by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane LEJ - CPT
17h 30mR 9,256–24,557Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane BER - CPT
17h 10mR 6,992–14,374Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane DRS - CPT
18h 5mR 10,603–29,005Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane FRA - CPT
17h 30mR 7,926–17,892Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane HAJ - CPT
19h 16mR 11,088–38,205Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane PRG - CPT
20h 8mTrain, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT)plane MUC - CPT
17h 55mR 8,375–21,672
Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Cape Town is to train and fly which costs R 7 000 - R 15 000 and takes 17h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Cape Town is to train and fly which takes 17h 10m and costs R 7 000 - R 15 000.
The distance between Leipzig and Cape Town is 9554 km.
It takes approximately 17h 30m to get from Leipzig to Cape Town, including transfers.
Cape Town is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 7:33 PM in Leipzig and 8:33 PM in Cape Town.
There are 7211+ hotels available in Cape Town.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Cape Town, South Africa?
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–37,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–39,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–40,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–41,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–43,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–42,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–33,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–33,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–35,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–35,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–24,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Munich International Airport, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–20,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–37,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,000–15,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–30,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–21,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–20,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–20,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–23,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–24,000
Flights from Dresden Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–28,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–17,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–15,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–22,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–30,000
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–31,000
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Cape Town International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 6,000–20,000
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Cape Town International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 5,500–22,000
- Website
- taag.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town International Airport via Luanda
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 6,500–25,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 600–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 700–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 1,200–1,400
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 950–1,100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 600–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- R 1,000–1,200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- R 750–850
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 370–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 380–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- R 500–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 500–700
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- R 1,100–1,500
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
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